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Royal Mint's L50 coin is worth less than L10 by metal content

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By Kyle Caldwell
The Telegraph, London
Friday, December 4, 2015

A new L50 coin has been made available by Royal Mint to celebrate the Queen's becoming the nation's longest-reigning monarch.

The silver coin is being sold at face value. Demand is limited, with just 100,000 available.

In KWN interview, Sprott discusses gold's improving prospects

Section: Daily Dispatches

5p ET Friday, December 4, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

No limits to central banking, ECB president declares

Section: Daily Dispatches

So tell us something we don't know.

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'There Cannot Be a Limit' to Stimulus, Says ECB President Mario Draghi

By Agence France-Presse
via The Telegraph, London
Friday, December 4, 2015

Mario Draghi has said the European Central Bank would intensify efforts to support the eurozone economy and boost inflation toward its 2-percent goal if necessary.

The mystery of the mayor's chain and its missing gold links

Section: Daily Dispatches

Another indication that while politicians inflate the money away they spirit the gold away.

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By Patrick Sawer
The Telegraph, London
Friday, December 4, 2015

It is an artifact that traditionally denotes the weighty responsibility of office and the recognition bestowed upon its holder by a town's citizens.

ISIS aspires to gold but uses U.S. dollar

Section: Daily Dispatches

The main currency of Middle Eastern terrorists comes out of Washington, not out of gold mines.

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ISIS Is Obsessed with Gold Currency

From Cable News Network, New York
Friday, December 4, 2015

The Islamic State is hellbent on world domination -- and a return to real gold coins.

Indian government insists gold paperization scheme is voluntary

Section: Daily Dispatches

Gold Monetisation Scheme Purely Voluntary, Indian Government Says

By the Press Trust of India
via The Times of India, Mumbai
Saturday, December 5, 2015

NEW DELHI, India -- The gold monetisation scheme is purely voluntary for individuals and institutions and they can make their own decision to monetise their gold, the Finance Ministry today clarified.

Alasdair Macleod: The Fed's in a bind

Section: Daily Dispatches

2p ET Thursday, December 3, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

If the Federal Reserve really starts raising interest rates, ending decades of declining credit costs, it may prompt a vast change in world economic conditions, GoldMoney research director Alasdair Macleod writes today.

Goldman Sachs has plan for investment banks to issue their own currency

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Goldman Sachs Files Patent for Virtual Settlement Currency

By Jennifer Hughes
Financial Times, London
Thursday, December 3, 2015

Goldman Sachs has made a patent application for a cryptocurrency settlement system in a move that underlines bank hopes that the architecture behind bitcoin can revolutionise global payments.

India targets temple gold hoard to rescue monetization plan

Section: Daily Dispatches

Call it "paperization."

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By Rajendra Jadhav and Krishna N. Das
Reuters
Thursday, December 3, 2015

India is trying to persuade rich temples to deposit some of their gold hoards with banks to revive a plan to recycle tonnes of the precious metal and cut gold imports, sources said.

Fed uses leaks to 'steer market expectations,' study finds

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UC Berkeley Professor, Research Team Find Evidence of Information Leaks by Fed

By Anderson Lanham
The Daily Californian
Berkeley, California
Monday, November 30, 2015

http://www.dailycal.org/2015/11/30/uc-berkeley-professor-research-team-f...

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